What is the meaning of "one thing is subdued by another"?

One thing falls to another is a metaphor for the fact that all things in the universe are mutually exclusive and unending, and that if there is one thing, there will be another thing to subdue it. The proverb: brine points the tofu, one thing subdues another.

From: Ming - Wu Chengen "Journey to the West": "This time, the other time, a big difference. As the saying goes, 'One thing is better than another'."

Extended information:

1, this thing is obviously he did not do the right thing, but he did not even have a thing to subdue a thing, people can not be annoyed?

2, as the saying goes: "One thing leads to another", it seems you can't convince him.

3, ask what the world love is, is a thing to a thing.

4, I feel funny, really brine point tofu, one thing down one thing ah, the old harrier in front of Chen Guangsheng all of a sudden by the lion into a sheep.

5, I thought this arrogant and domineering brat in front of his sister, actually behaved like a small pug-like, this brother and sister are really a thing of the past.

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One thing leads to another ? Baidu Encyclopedia